SB2023120506 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils

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SB2023120506 - Multiple vulnerabilities in GNU Binutils

Published: December 5, 2023

Security Bulletin ID SB2023120506
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 5
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Partial DoS

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 5 vulnerabilities.


1) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-47011)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the parse_stab_struct_fields() function in stabs.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass specially crafted input to the application and perform denial of service attack.


2) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-47010)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the pr_function_type(0 function in prdbg.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass specially crafted input to the application and perform denial of service attack.


3) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-47008)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the make_tempdir() and make_tempname() function in bucomm.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass specially crafted data to the application and and perform denial of service attack.


4) Memory leak (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-47007)

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak within the stab_demangle_v3_arg() function in stabs.c. A remote attacker can force the application to leak memory and perform denial of service attack.


5) Reachable Assertion (CVE-ID: CVE-2022-35205)

CWE-ID: CWE-617 - Reachable Assertion

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.

The vulnerability exists due to a reachable assertion within the display_debug_names() function. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass specially crafted input to the application and crash it.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References